Future costs arising from climate change and the transformation of the energy system are investigated using a modified version of the Multi-Actor Dynamic Integrated Assessment Model (MADIAM). A cost-benefit analysis is applied to compute optimal business investment scenarios. The economic core...

The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate the interaction between hedging, financing, and investment decisions. This work is relevant in that theoretical predictions are not necessarily identical to those in the case where only two decisions are being made. We argue that the way in...

This paper analyzes gender differences in the investment activity of German small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The empirical analysis is carried out on a sample of firms drawn from the KfW Mittelstandspanel, a representative survey of German SMEs for the period from 2003 to 2009. We find...

In this paper it is illustrated how option-based valuation can be used to determine whether and when a firm should patent and adopt an Innovation if the arrival time of competitors is stochastic. Four distinct strategies are derived: Apply for a patent without introducing the new technology...

The paper studies empirically how relative supply and demand conditions on the capital market affected US firm-level investment over the business cycles from 1977 to 2011. A dynamic econometric specification of capital accumulation including sales growth, Tobin's q, the cash flow-capital ratio...

During the past two decades 130 of the 182 IMF member countries have experienced serious problems in their banking sectors or an outright banking crisis. Among the stylized facts about these crises are their often systemic nature, a pronounced boom-bust cyde and substantial financial involvement...

We partnered with a micro-lender in Mali to randomize credit offers at the village level. Then, in no-loan control villages, we gave cash grants to randomly selected households. These grants led to higher agricultural investments and profits, thus showing that liquidity constraints bind with...

Nach den aktuellen Ergebnissen der ifo Investitionsumfrage wollen die Unternehmen des deutschen Verarbeitenden Gewerbes 2018 ihre Investitionen in neue Maschinen und Bauten um nominal rund 9% erhöhen. Für das Jahr 2017 ergaben die Meldungen der Befragungsteilnehmer einen Anstieg von knapp 4%....

Der auf der Geschäftslage und den Geschäftserwartungen der Leasinggesellschaften basierende Investitionsindikator, den das ifo Institut und der Bundesverband Deutscher Leasing-Unternehmen gemeinsam ermitteln, signalisiert für das Jahr 2018 einen Anstieg der Ausrüstungsinvestitionen von...

Dass die ostdeutschen Länder in der Wirtschaftskraft aktuell immer noch deutlich hinter Westdeutschland zurückbleiben, ist weithin bekannt. Ob sich die Wirtschaftsleistung zwischen alten und neuen Ländern in Zukunft annähert oder sogar wieder auseinanderentwickelt, hängt entscheidend von...